wtf

i found this at this url: http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?t=267682
what could be the problem :)

With thanks to all codingforum members and volunteers...
I'm facing weird issues for a few days while im working with if condition.
Whenever i use something like

<? if ($x='1') { ...

this always returns $x to be 1, even though my database records say its not.